Improved whip-rolling machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY AXTELL, OF HUNTINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED WHIP-ROLLING MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 70,501, dated November5, 1867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRYv AXTELL, of Huntington,Berkshirecounty,Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Whip-Rollin g Machines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the aocompanyingdrawings, and to the letters ot' referencemarked thereon.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my machine, and Fig. 2 aside view of the same.

This invention consists of a device for rolling whips, after they areotherwise completed, for the purpose of rounding them perfectly andpressing the threads together, so as to make the whole compact andclose.

In construction I form my device as I will now describe, referringdirectly to the drawings.

A A, Sto., is a frame ofthe proper size, and h avin g across it across-piece, B, having rollers C and D and arms E and E',to which arepivoted levers F and F', one end of which each presses against a bar, G.This bar stretches across the front of the machine, and has tenons a a,which work in grooves b and b in the frame, so that the bar has alateral play backward and forward, bein g operated by thelevers F and F'to throw it forward, and by the cord H to draw it back. This cord passesback through the cross-piece-B, and over the roller D behind it, hanging down from thence, and havin g l a weight attached to it, or beingattached to a treadle, as may be most convenient. Cords c and c are alsoattached to the ends of the levers F and F', and passover the roller O,and are both attached to a treadle beneath the machine.

In front of the bar G is a sliding bar, J, which works iu between guidesf and f above and below it, these guides being attached -to the frontcross-piece, K, of the frame. The

bar J has grooves in it at its top and bottom edges, into which ttonguesupon the guides. This bar J is also operated by a crank, L, attached toone end, from which power is received, giving it a reciprocating motionacross the machine in the line of its grooves.

Above the frame A are arranged pulleys g and g', over which passes acord, K, one end of which is attached to the whip being rolled, and theother having a weight, m.

The operation of this device is as follows: The Whip, being attached tothe cord K at its small end, hangs vertically between the bars G and J,being held at the lower end. The bar G is then pressed up against it bythe le' vers F and F' operated by the treadle, and being letl go at thelower end the weight m draws it up through the machine, the bar Jrolling it against the bar G as it passes through. By this means Iobtain an excellent device for rolling whips, being easily constructedand operated. and doing the work thoroughly and`A effectively withoutinjury to the whip.

. Havingdescribed myinvention,what Iclaim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent," 1s- 1. A device for rolling whips, consisting of aframe, A, having the reciprocating bar J and adjustable bar G, betweenwhich the whip is rolled, the bar J being operated by power, and the barG by the levers F and F', with their treadle attachment, the whole beingarranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The device for drawing the whip through the rolling-machine,consisting of the cord K, havin g the weight m' passing over the pulleysg and g', in combination with rest of my machine, substantially asdescribed.

HENRY AXTELL.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. HYDE, R. F. HYDE.

